Entertainer

Designing is a lot like a high-wire act - if the tightrope walker is only six inches off the ground, where's the excitement?

Inexpensive is good.

Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more people who are affected by HIV and AIDS.

I gave the couple a hint of a design that would work great with the bones of their home. They weren't ready for it, and they embarrassed themselves and that's too bad.

You have to put your own personality into your home. Do what you feel is you!

I've had rooms that didn't come out to my liking.

There is no such thing as a guilty pleasure.

Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer.

Why stress tomorrow when you can stress today?

Little did we know it would be watched by millions of people and break viewing records.

In two days, it's hard to to get the quality you would normally want for a design project.

I'm having the time of my life and I'm glad people are enjoy it.

Use plants to bring life.

I look at each episode in two ways - from a design standpoint and from an entertainment standpoint - this is TV, after all. We usually succeed on at least one of the levels.

I've enjoyed being a part of something from the beginning, when we were still finding our footing.

I've made an incredible amount of money stealing fans from homeowners.

It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.

I see the same coffee table everywhere. It's mass marketing.

What people respond to in my room makeovers is the daring design - fearless colors, bold fabrics and occasionally outlandish decor.

A challenge always is good. Normal design does not come under the constraints of a small budget and time frame. But it has helped me to make quick and knowledgeable decisions.